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Shape Controlled Synthesis of Platinum Nanocrystals with High Catalytic Activities for Methanol Electrooxidation

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Synthesis of monodisperse Pt nanocrystals with cubic and cuboctahedral shapes were successfully done by using a chemical reduction method. The catalytic performance of Pt nanoparticles toward methanol electrooxidation was measured. The results indicate that Pt cuboctahedra with external Pt{100} and Pt{111} crystallographic facets showed a higher catalytic activity for methanol electrooxidation than the commercial Pt/C catalyst.

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This work was financially supported by NSFC (21103106, 21107069), the “Dawn” Program of Shanghai Education Commission (11SG52), Construction Capacity Project (10160502300), Shanghai Pujiang Program (11PJ1404200), Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (12YZ144) and Open Project of Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry (Shanghai Normal University), Ministry of Education.

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    Jing Zhang, Weifeng Yao, Mingshuang Liu, Qunjie Xu, Qiang Wu & Tao Zeng

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Zhang, J., Yao, W., Liu, M. et al. Shape Controlled Synthesis of Platinum Nanocrystals with High Catalytic Activities for Methanol Electrooxidation. Catal Lett 143, 1030–1034 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-013-1048-9

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